XPost: rec.puzzles, alt.usage.english   
   From: occam@nowhere.nix   
      
   On 25/09/2024 21:06, Bebercito wrote:   
   > On Wed, 25 Sep 2024 5:33:48 +0000, lar3ryca wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2024-09-24 23:12, Bebercito wrote:   
   >>> On Sat, 14 Sep 2024 3:33:35 +0000, HenHanna wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On Sat, 14 Sep 2024 3:21:45 +0000, Bebercito wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> On Sat, 14 Sep 2024 0:55:23 +0000, HenHanna wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> On 9/12/2024 7:31 PM, HenHanna wrote:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> 1. What 1-syllable word becomes a 3-syllable word by adding one   
   >>>>>>> letter?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Offhand, are + a -> area, but there must be others.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>     the question is...   5 others,   
   >>>   
   >>> Here's another four then:   
   >>>   
   >>> pare + o -> pareo   
   >>> rode + o -> rodeo   
   >>> Rome + o -> Romeo   
   >>> rone + o -> roneo   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>> or  more like  200 others?   
   >>>   
   >>> I'll let you name the other 195.   
   >>   
   >> I came here to appear as a cameo.   
   >   
   > .   
      
   Oh... I see a trend. The trigger to multi-syllability (urgh!) is the   
   humble vowel.   
      
   a- example:  are(a), coal(a), (a)gave, (a)gape   
   e-   
   i- example:  (i)deal, s(i)mile   
   o- example:  came(o), rode(o), pale(o)   
   u- example:  b(u)oy (AmE pronunciation)   
      
   (OK, not that last one.)   
      
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